The Man Who Killed The Moon

Nowadays, there is a lot of talk about colonizing the Moon.
Being brought up, traditionally, hearing stories about the Moon, the child inside me detests any move to overpower the adoring inspiration of any child's dreams.


The scientist who squeezed the first
Drop of water out of its soil
Did not know it to be its blood.
To be scheduled to feed the scientist's
Children back home for generations to come.
If only a question would have crossed
His mind at that very moment,
We could have seen it shining
Like in the fairytales even today.
If only He had known it would lose its glow
The children would have gathered in the open
Without fear, to watch it decorate the nights.
But, we hear that ...
He was part of a unique mission at His time,
Which triggered quite an interest
In paper trade which don't exist today.


His hands on that fateful day was tied
And He could see no more tides when finally, He retired.
He earned a lot of Praise and Curse
Through His life for the changes He brought.
And the title someone stuck on His grave
Was 'The Man Who Killed The Moon'.
Many say He killed it when it was in the womb.
Like our earth millions of years back.
Many point that we lost a chance to
Study the evolution of life since the Moon
Was changing for Harvest.


Noone knows for sure how water came on it
And brought about its death.
We heard the Moon had resisted the incursion
And fought bravely...
Some space stations on it were destroyed
With acid rains many years from now.
But, humans were stronger, braver and more intelligent
As we learnt with every sacrifice.
But now, we have tamed the Moon.
When sometimes it revolts, we test
Nuclear weapons on it And it shakes in fright.
When the countries quarrel, they duel it out on Moon.
We heard there is lot of space out there.


But, still, today, it earns
A lot of importance
In news, somehow...
The outlawed organizations, in a joint statement,
Have issued in community interest, that
Their future offensives will be on the Moon.
Welcoming the move, the government has announced
To fund such offensives with societal contributions.
The isotope screening lotion companies' strategic error
Has put on hold further romantic moonwalk trips,
Which earlier, allowed couples to carve their names
And leave a permanent scar on the Moon that some saw from earth.
Disposal centers set up on Moon to handle waste from earth
Provide unique training opportunities to graduates.
Easter celebrated without painted moonstones
Drew a 'lunatic' controversy with the Church on Moon.
Geographic magazine 'What On Earth',
Owned by renouned industrialist, changed its name
To 'What On Moon'.
But, among all these triffle incidents we still
Remember 'The Man Who Killed The Moon'.
And to my surprise, to this day, he still earns
Praise and Curse as we go on living, and killing!!


It is a matter of control of the usage of the bounty we are already provided with.
No matter how much we explore, if we do not know to manage our stock properly, we will always end up fighting for more. And this insatiable hunger will, one day, fling the human race beyond the sun and more, but we will still be looking out for more space with providence.